Thoughts on Prayer

Committing to prayer can be one the most challenging aspects of modern life. Sure, it's easy to send up prayers in the midst of a crisis, but how often do we remember to pray when everything is humming along just fine? If you're like me, not often enough. Here's a beautiful reminder of the importance of prayer, taken from the great Lebanese poet, Kahlil Gibran:

You pray in your distress and in your need;
would that you might pray also in your days of abundance.

For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether?

And if it is for comfort to pour your darkness into space, it is also for your delight to pour forth the dawning of your heart.

And if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing.

Today, my prayer of thanksgiving is for all of you who keep visiting this blog.